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` Leners Patent No. 96,297, dated october 2c, 1869.

IMPROVED SHOEMIA'KIEIRS` LAST-HOLDER.

The Schedule Areferred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Henrico, and State of Virginia, have invented a new.

and useful Last-Holder, or Work-Holder for Shoemakers; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, sudicient to enable those skilled in the art to which our" invention appertnins to manufacture and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which is made part of this specification.

Tne object of ourinvention is to enable persons making vboots or shoes by hand to either stand or sit at a bench, having their lasted work held in any of the positions necessary for sewing the inner and outer sole, pegging, and linisbing the work, without the .use of straps or attachment to the person.

Our invention consists of a strong and simple apparatus, of novel construction,'adapted to hold the work in any desired position.

In the. drawing- Figure l represents a perspective view of the complete apparatus.

Figure 2, a longitudinal section of the same.

Similar marks ot' reference indicate like parts in the l two iigures. v

A represents the base or bench, which may be of any desired form, constituting, if desired, the ordinary working-bench, having a seat for the workman,

and the necessary 'receptacles for tools, &c. Y

B represents an adjustable pivoted stock, secured on -the upper surface of the base A, by means of .a clamp-screw, G, passing through a longitudinal slot, b, therein, or in other similaimanner, and provided with a socket,fb', for the reception of an adjoining member of the holder', and with a clamp-screw, D, by which to hold said member.

E represents a head or second stock, provided with a spindle, corresponding with the socket b' of B, in which it is held, and at its other end with the female member of an adjustable or locking ball-and-socket joint, consisting of a semi-spherical indentation, e', and a hinged portion or cover, E,'l1aving in it a zone or segment oi' the sphere e, removed from the segment represented by the indentation e'.

The cover E is hinged at, one end to E, as shown, or in other suitable manner, and connected therewith, at its loose end, by means of a clamp-screw, F.

G represents an .arm or stem, provided at one end with a ball, g, which is secured in the socket e' e" of the head E, as shown, and at its other end with a screwor other suitable attachment for the lasts H, which are provided with corresponding sockets.

I represents a removable standard, secured'by a suitable joint in the base A, and employed to support the fronts of the boots and shoes, when. hammering or pegging them, being removed at other times.

The vamp or upper being secured on `the last, in the usual manner, the last is secured on the end of the arm G, the clamp-screws G D F' loosened, and the work adjusted to the desired position, the loose joints b c b' e and e e" g permitting any required movement. The clamp-screws C D F are then tightened, and the work held in the position to which moved.

The joints b c and' b' e, either or both, allow a1ongitudinal movement or extension, b e, also a verticalv swinging movement of the head E, and with it. the arm G, and e e g a rotation of thearm G around its 'longitudinal axis, and a limited oscillation around the centre of the ball g, in any .desired direction.

The parts B F G have further a swinging move-I,

ment in a horizontal plane on'lthc clamp-screw C.

The movements permitted by the joints b e and e e q are the most essential, the latter providing the requisite universal adjustment, and the former enabling the necessary adjustment of the attaching stem, including said universal adjusting-device, to f adapt the holder for usein the diiierent postures ot' the workman.

The arm G and standard I may bel rendered capable of' longitudinal extension, for vertical adjustment,

to suit different heights ot' workmen, or different lengths of them may be employed for this purpose.

The means for longitudinal extension may in some cases be entirely dispensed with.

, A ball-and-soqket, or other universal joint, may

take the place of the form of joint b e, shown, if.pre

ferred.

The clamp-screws C D F may consist of studc screws and thumb-nuts, and Dot' a thumb-screw', as

shown, or their equivalent, in either case maybe employed.

The joint b c may be employed for longitudinal adjustment, as shown, or'tonly the slot b. In the former case the slot b may be dispensed with. The base A, as' a movable part, may be dispensed with, and t-he device secured to the iioor of the room. l

The several parts may be made of any suitable material, and their precise form and arrangement may be obviously varied.

Having thus described our invention,

We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Iaty ent- 1. A iasnattaching stem, G, having, in addition to the movement permitted bjr an intermediate bail-endsocket adjusting-joint, e e g, a. rotary movement on a horizontal agiis, e, to enable the holder to be ad-` justed, so as to be worked at either in a. sitting or standing posture, substantially as herein described.

y2. The combination,witi1 the ball-and-soeket ad justing-joint e' e" g, of the `joint b e, adapted to permit independent horizont-a1 adjustment, as described.

3. The combination, with the bailand-socket adjus'ting-joint e e g, of the join mit eeparate horizontal adjustm VVitn esses:

LEWIS HILL, E. SUTTON.

t b c, adapted to peru ent, as'described.

H. OALDER. GEO. BURGESS. 

